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SUMMARY:The Greasy Strangler with Sky Elobar & Michael St. Michaels
DESCRIPTION:Greasy & Ivory: An Evening in Outrageous Harmony \nEnzian presents a Jim Hosking’s double feature of his latest work Ebony & Ivory (2025) and his midnight movie smash The Greasy Strangler (2016). Joining us for this special event is Sky Elobar (star of both films) and Michael St. Michaels (The Greasy Strangler himself!). Don’t miss out on what will be the wildest night of the year! See both films for only $20! \nThe Greasy Strangler: \nFeaturing an in-person Q&A with stars Michael St. Michaels and Sky Elobar! \nHootie tootie disco cuties\, are you ready to get greasy at one of the wildest nights of the year?! \nEnzian is thrilled to present a special screening of Jim Hosking’s outrageous masterpiece The Greasy Strangler.  Declared a “welcome oasis of filth\, depravity and shock.” and “a ready-made cult classic!” at its Sundance Film Festival premiere\, this unapologetically weird grotesque comedy follows Big Ronnie (St. Michaels) and his hapless son Brayden (Elobar) as their disco walking tours spiral into murder\, mayhem\, and gallons of grease. \nJoin us as we welcome stars Michael St. Michaels and Sky Elobar for a live Q&A\, sharing behind-the-scenes stories\, insights into their unforgettable characters\, and the insanity of creating one of the most iconic midnight movies of the last decade. Don’t miss your chance to experience The Greasy Strangler with the men who made it iconic!
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/the-greasy-strangler/
CATEGORIES:13 Films of Halloween,Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T203000
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SUMMARY:Ebony & Ivory with Sky Elobar
DESCRIPTION:Greasy & Ivory: An Evening in Outrageous Harmony \nEnzian presents a Jim Hosking double feature of his latest work Ebony & Ivory (2025) and his midnight movie smash The Greasy Strangler (2016). Joining us for this special event is Sky Elobar (star of both films) and Michael St. Michaels (The Greasy Strangler himself!). Don’t miss out on what will be the wildest night of the year! See both films for only $20! \nEbony & Ivory: \nFeaturing an in-person Q&A with star Sky Elobar! \nFrom Jim Hosking\, writer/director of The Greasy Strangler and An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn\, and Executive Producer Elijah Wood comes the origin story that you never knew you couldn’t live without! \nIn a Scottish cottage on The Mull of Kintyre\, two musical legends\, Paul McCartney (Sky Elobar) and Stevie Wonder (Gil Gex)\, gather for a tense\, weed-fueled\, summit to discuss a potential collaboration that will ultimately result in a global Number One smash hit single. \nTrue to Hosking’s signature blend of highbrow and lowbrow lunacy\, Ebony & Ivory stretches its absurdity to the breaking point. If you’re ready to plunge headfirst into gleeful chaos and unhinged energy\, this film will be living in perfect harmony with you for years to come.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/ebony-ivory/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T230000
DTSTAMP:20260530T215546
CREATED:20250811T205557Z
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SUMMARY:The Room with Greg Sestero
DESCRIPTION:Enzian favorite Greg Sestero returns with an evening of laughs\, color commentary\, and a whole lot more! \nJohnny is a successful banker who lives happily in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancé\, Lisa. One day\, inexplicably\, she gets bored with him and decides to seduce his best friend\, Mark. From there\, nothing will be the same again. \nAll Sales are Final.  No Refunds or Exchanges.\nNo Member Discounts or Reservations.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/the-room/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T140000
DTSTAMP:20260530T215546
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SUMMARY:Stripped for Parts – American Journalism on the Brink
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this special screening with two-time Academy Award® nominee filmmaker Rick Goldsmith (The Most Dangerous Man in America (2010) and Tell the Truth and Run (1997)). Following the film\, Orlando Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell will moderate a Q&A conversation with Judith Smelser\, President and General Manager of Central Florida Public Media\, and the filmmaker. \nStripped for Parts is the story of a secretive hedge fund that is plundering what is left of America’s newspapers\, and the journalists who are fighting back. \nHedge fund Alden Global Capital is quietly gobbling up newspapers across the country and gutting them\, but no one knows why– until journalist Julie Reynolds begins to investigate. Her findings trigger rebellions across the country by journalists working at Alden-owned newspapers. Backed by the NewsGuild union\, the newsmen and women go toe-to-toe with their “vulture capitalist” owners in a battle to save and rebuild local journalism in America. Who will control the future of America’s news ecosystem: Wall Street billionaires concerned only with profit\, or those who see journalism as an essential public service\, the lifeblood of our democracy?  \nThis presentation is made possible by the generous support of the Orlando Sentinel Guild.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/stripped-for-parts/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T130000
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SUMMARY:Why Dinosaurs?
DESCRIPTION:Executive Producers Jimmy Waldron and Elaine Howard join us for a post-film Q&A and meet and greet! Featuring an interactive display before and after the film\, including a photo opportunity with Poe\, the animatronic Deinonychus. \nFrom prestigious museums and universities\, to blockbuster films\, amusement park rides\, video games\, and toys – dinosaurs have always fascinated us. But\, why? \nWHY DINOSAURS follows dino-obsessed youth James Pinto and his filmmaker father Tony on a journey around the globe\, interviewing world-renowned paleontologists about the latest dinosaur research\, digging up 150-million-year-old bones\, and encountering dinosaur fanatics of all walks of life. Together they track down the filmmakers behind Jurassic Park and Jurassic World\, see the world’s largest dinosaur toy collection\, and attempt to discover why everybody loves dinosaurs! \nAbout the Filmmakers: \nJimmy Waldron: Jimmy Waldron is an accomplished educator and paleontologist with over a decade of experience teaching and developing innovative STEM programs for diverse audiences. As the founder of Dinosaurs Will Always Be Awesome (DWABA\, Inc.)—Central Florida’s only NAICS-accredited Mobile Natural History Dinosaur Museum—Jimmy combines his expertise in paleontology with a passion for accessible\, hands-on education. \nJimmy’s teaching career began in Orange County Public Schools\, where he developed curriculum-aligned programs fostering student engagement with natural history and science. He later served as an Educational Instructor at the Orlando Science Center\, designing and delivering standards-based educational content for K-12 students through interactive workshops\, camps\, and museum programming. \nElaine Howard: Elaine Howard is certified in fossil lab and fieldwork by the Wyoming Dinosaur Center\, has participated in numerous dinosaur digs\, and made friends from all over the world. For the past five years\, Elaine has served an executive producer of the award-winning documentary\, WHY DINOSAURS? by father and son team\, Tony and James Pinto. Elaine is also a certified coach and motivational speaker on a mission to encourage others to maximize their potential and keep moving forward with passion and purpose. As an Instagram Content Creator\, Elaine enjoys sharing her passion for paleontology with the world in a fun and entertaining way. Check out her instagram page @Dinosaurlaine \nAbout Dinosaurs Will Always Be Awesome: \nDWABA’s mission is to advance appreciation and understanding of Earth’s natural history\, with a special focus on dinosaurs and STEM education. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization\, DWABA offers bespoke\, hands-on educational experiences that align with Florida’s CPalms standards\, making science accessible to students of all ages and backgrounds. \nDWABA’s captivating mobile museum presentations feature Poe\, a life-sized animatronic Deinonychus with a rich 15-year history of delighting audiences across the country\, and Ajax\, a shoulder-mounted puppet of a six-month-old Apatosaurus that engages young learners.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/why-dinosaurs/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Science on Screen,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250703T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250703T203000
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SUMMARY:Mallrats with Jeremy London
DESCRIPTION:30th Anniversary Screening! \nJeremy London joins us at Enzian for a special screening of Mallrats\, featuring a post-film Q&A and Meet and Greet! \nFollowing the smash success of his first feature\, Clerks\, Kevin Smith returned with Mallrats. Spawning a raft of characters and in-jokes that Smith would carry throughout his career\, the film continued the one-of-a-kind comedic world known as the View Askewniverse. \nSimultaneously dumped by their girlfriends\, comic book obsessive Brodie (Jason Lee\, My Name is Earl) and best friend TS (Jeremy London\, Party of Five) plan to ease the pain of their losses by taking a trip to the local mall. Amongst shoppers\, they discover the mall is being used as the venue for a dating show\, in which TS’s girlfriend Brandi (Claire Forlani\, Meet Joe Black) is the star. Hatching a plan to win back their significant others\, Brodie and TS enlist the help of professional delinquents Jay and Silent Bob to hijack the gameshow in a bid to win back Brandi. Meanwhile\, Brodie carries out his own mission to make his relationship good with Rene (Shannen Doherty\, Beverly Hills 90210)\, who has attracted the attentions of his nemesis\, Shannon Hamilton (Ben Affleck\, Argo). \nCome out and celebrate as we welcome Jeremy London to Enzian to discuss the 30th anniversary of this legendary cult classic! \nAfter the screening Mr. London will be available for a meet and greet with guests.* \n*No separate ticket needed for meet and greet. Please note: Member discounts and table reservations are not available for this screening. All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. \n \nAbout Jeremy London: \nJeremy London got his start on the Emmy award winning show “I’ll Fly Away” with the great Sam Waterston before going on to star in Party of Five\, Mallrats\, and well over 100 other feature films. He is now a father to two amazing sons\, Lyrik and Wyatt\, and has a thriving art business and acting school called London Arts.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/mallrats/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250521T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250521T203000
DTSTAMP:20260530T215546
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SUMMARY:Dazed and Confused\, featuring Jason London
DESCRIPTION:Jason London joins us at Enzian for a special screening of Dazed and Confused\, featuring a post-film Q&A and Meet and Greet! \n“All I’m saying is that if I ever start referring to these as the best years of my life – remind me to kill myself.” – Randall “Pink” Floyd \nIt’s May 28\, 1976\, the last day of the year at Robert E. Lee High School. Kids are skipping class\, smoking weed\, and thinking about the big keg party at Kevin Pickford’s (Shawn Andrews) house. High on the mind of star football quarterback Randall “Pink” Floyd (Jason London) is the pledge the coach wants all the returning players to sign\, vowing that they won’t do drugs or drink during the summer break.  Pink is the only player who is holding out because he feels it infringes upon his individual rights. It’s also the traditional hazing day\, where seniors traumatize incoming freshmen\, among them Mitch Kramer (Wiley Wiggins). As day turns into night and as the keg party doesn’t end up quite as planned\, we follow these teens on a course that might just redefine who they are\, and who they will end up becoming. Like American Graffiti and Fast Times at Ridgemont High\, 5-time Academy Award® nominee Richard Linklater’s (Boyhood\, Before Sunrise) love letter to growing up in Central Texas in the 1970s is iconic for is soon-to-be-all-star cast including Matthew McConaughey\, Milla Jovovich\, Ben Afflack\, Parker Posey\, Cole Hauser\, Joey Lauren Adams\, Anthony Rapp\, Adam Goldberg\, Rory Cochrane\, Renee Zellweger and many others. \nCome out and celebrate as we welcome Jason London to Enzian to discuss this seminal coming of age film and his decades-long career. \nAfter the screening Mr. London will be available for a meet and greet with guests.* \n*No separate ticket needed for meet and greet.  \nPlease note: Member discounts and table reservations are not available for this screening. All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges.\n  \nAbout Jason London: \n \nActor/writer/producer Jason London got his start in the critically acclaimed film The Man in the Moon\, starring Reese Witherspoon in her first movie role. He is best known for his role as Randall ‘Pink’ Floyd in the cult classic Dazed and Confused. He is also known for the hit comedy Out Cold\, the horror film The Rage: Carrie 2\, Nightworld with Robert Englund\, Safe Passage with Susan Sarandon\, To Wong Foo\, Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar and dozens of independent movies. He has several movies in post-production right now that are looking to be released within the next year. \n 
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/dazed-and-confused/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250217T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250217T230000
DTSTAMP:20260530T215546
CREATED:20241109T024743Z
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SUMMARY:Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight
DESCRIPTION:Meet the Filmmaker:  Live in-person Q&A with the members of Five Eight\, Producers Jackie Schoknecht\, Geoff Melkonian and Director Marc Pilvinsky in conversation with acclaimed musician Tierney Tough (The Pauses). \nAfter being institutionalized for schizophrenia and manic-depression in his early 20s\, Mike Mantione turned to songwriting as a way of dealing with his demons. For 30 years\, loud guitars have kept those demons at bay. \nThe band’s whirlwind tale is primarily told through the voices of its own current band members—Mantione\, guitarist Sean Dunn\, bassist Dan Horowitz and drummer Patrick Ferguson—who are able to look back on both their successes and shortcomings with humor\, acceptance and remarkable tenderness towards each other. Outside perspectives are offered from friends and contemporaries such as Bill Berry (R.E.M.)\, Amy Ray (Indigo Girls)\, Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers)\, Vanessa Briscoe Hay (Pylon Reenactment Society)\, David Barbe (Mercyland) and Velena Vego (40 Watt Club). \nMeet the Filmmaker – Five Eight \n \nAthens\, GA band Five Eight was the vehicle of singer/guitarist Mike Mantione\, a self-professed manic depressive whose music exorcised his personal demons in grim detail. Debuting in 1989 with the self-released Passive-Aggressive cassette\, the band — which also comprised longtime bassist Dan Horowitz\, guitarist Sean Dunn and drummer Patrick ‘”Tigger'” Ferguson — resurfaced two years later with Inflatable Sense of Self. Signing to the Sky label\, in 1992 Five Eight issued their first full-length CD\, I Learned Shut Up\, releasing The Angriest Man a year later; however\, after 1994’s Weirdo\, the group spent the mid-1990s largely out of the spotlight\, finally returning in 1997 with the Ed Stasium-produced Gasolina! That winter both Dunn and Ferguson abruptly left the lineup\, and with new drummer Mike Rizzi\, Five Eight issued 1999’s “The Road Beat the Shit Out of My Favorite Band\,” a split single with Clemente. The full-length The Good Nurse followed on Deep Elm in the spring of 2000. Five Eight returned in 2004 with a self-titled CD\, the first to be released by the band itself.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/weirdo-the-story-of-five-eight/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Music Mondays,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T200000
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SUMMARY:Sabbath Queen
DESCRIPTION:100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes! \n Director Sandi DuBowski will be in attendance for an in-person Q&A! \nSandi DuBowski’s epic documentary Sabbath Queen—shot over the span of twenty-one years—follows Amichai Lau-Lavie\, an Israeli descended from an unbroken line of thirty-eight rabbis stretching back a thousand years. Yet as Sabbath Queen opens\, Lau-Lavie is newly arrived in New York in the late 1990s\, a young gay man declaring “Artists are the new rabbis” and appearing around the city in drag as Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross\, the widow of six Hasidic rabbis (all from the same extended family). As the years pass\, Lau-Lavie embraces a range of creative spiritual endeavors\, including Storahtelling and Lab/Shul—until he shocks everyone with his decision to become a rabbi himself\, studying in the Conservative tradition of Judaism. Sabbath Queen is witness to Lau-Lavie’s unfailing courage and grace\, as he grapples with key questions of who we are and who we will be. Stimulating and moving\, DuBowski’s film ends with Lau-Lavie’s words on Israel and Palestine post-October 7th as he evokes the challenge of our lifetime: “How do we reimagine our sacred traditions to achieve peace?” \n\nSandi DuBowski – Director Biography: \nSandi DuBowski is the Director/Producer of SABBATH QUEEN\, Director/Producer of TREMBLING BEFORE G-D\, Producer of A JIHAD FOR LOVE\, and Co-Producer of BUDRUS. His award-winning work has screened at Sundance\, Berlin\, Tribeca and Toronto\, theatrically released in 150 cities\, and broadcast on ZDF/Arte\, BBC\, Channel 4\, PBS. In 2020\, he was invited to become a member of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. DuBowski spearheaded a groundbreaking impact campaign with the award-winning TREMBLING BEFORE G-D\, personally conducting 850 live events\, for over 250\,000 people\, which changed the lives of countless individuals\, their families\, religious leaders\, and communities around the world. Feature stories on the project appeared in The New York Times\, The Los Angeles Times\, The Washington Post\, NPR\, The Globe and Mail\, and BBC News. From 2009-2016\, DuBowski worked with over 125 of the world’s best social justice documentaries as the Outreach Director of Doc Society’s Good Pitch. He is Co-Founder of The Creative Resistance\, a collective of media makers who create award-winning political ads and design. In the mid-1990’s he began his media and activism work at Planned Parenthood Federation of America focused on the Christian right and the anti-abortion movement. Three generations of DuBowski’s family made chocolate syrup in Deep Coastal Brooklyn.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/sabbath-queen/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250202T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250202T150000
DTSTAMP:20260530T215546
CREATED:20241107T210533Z
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SUMMARY:Crimes of Passion
DESCRIPTION:Featuring in person Q&A with Writer/Producer Barry Sandler! \nIn the early 1980s\, British filmmaker Ken Russell (The Devils\, Tommy) travelled to America and placed his unorthodox imprint on Crimes of Passion—a crazed erotic thriller starring Kathleen Turner (Serial Mom\, Body Heat) and Anthony Perkins (Psycho). Fashion designer Joanna Crane (Turner) leads a double life. At night\, she is China Blue\, a prostitute who has attracted the attention of a psychopathic priest (Perkins). With its outrageous script by screenwriter Barry Sandler (Making Love) and sparkling score from Rick Wakeman of the band Yes\, Crimes of Passion is a movie that could only have been realized by the gonzo creativity of Ken Russell. \nInitially saddled with an “X” rating\, Sandler and Russell\, continued to make edits to the film to satisfy the distributor and the MPAA. Sandler said\, “We kept cutting a little more each time and\, by the fifth round of cuts\, I think they (the MPAA) were all so beaten down from looking at the thing and from pressure from the press and elsewhere that they finally went with an ‘R’. \nUncomfortable Brunch is proud to present the unrated version of the film for this special event. \n  \nMeet the Filmmaker:\nBarry Sandler (Writer/Producer) \n \nWith BA and MFA Film degrees from UCLA\, Barry Sandler has written screenplays for numerous motion pictures\, including the transgressive psychosexual cult classic CRIMES OF PASSION (New World/Orion/ Kathleen Turner\, Anthony Perkins/dir. Ken Russell) THE MIRROR CRACK’D (EMI/Elizabeth Taylor\, Rock Hudson\, Tony Curtis\, Kim Novak\, Angela Lansbury/dir. Guy Hamilton)\, EVIL UNDER THE SUN (Universal/Peter Ustinov\, Maggie Smith\, James Mason\, Diana Rigg/dir. Guy Hamilton)\, THE DUCHESS AND THE DIRTWATER FOX (20th Century Fox/Goldie Hawn\, George Segal/dir. Melvin Frank)\, THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT (20th Century Fox/Susan Sarandon\, Marie-France Pisier/dir. Charles Jarrott)\, GABLE AND LOMBARD (Universal/Jill Clayburgh\, James Brolin/dir. Sidney J. Furie)\, ALL-AMERICAN MURDER (Trimark/ Christopher Walken\, Charlie Schlatter/dir. Anson Williams)\, THE LONERS (Fanfare/Dean Stockwell\, Gloria Grahame/dir. Sutton Roley)\, THE VALLEY (Lagoon/Gerard Depardieu/dir. Barbet Schroeder) \, EVIL NEVER DIES (Warner Bros/Katherine Heigl\, Thomas Gibson/dir. Uli Edel)\, KANSAS CITY BOMBER (MGM/Raquel Welch\, Jodie Foster/dir. Jerrold Freedman)\, and the groundbreaking landmark film MAKING LOVE (20th Century Fox/Michael Ontkean\, Harry Hamlin\, Kate Jackson/dir. Arthur Hiller)\, the first major studio film to present a positive portrayal of LGBTQ men and women. \nSandler also produced CRIMES OF PASSION\, ALL-AMERICAN MURDER\, KNOCK ‘EM DEAD\, and associate produced MAKING LOVE. \nSandler is the recipient of the GLAAD Media Award\, the Southern California Psychotherapy Association Courage in Filmmaking Award\, the People for the American Way Defending Freedom Citation\, the PFLAG Oscar Wilde Award\, the MECLA Humanitarian Award\, the GLCSC Award\, the FMPTA Crystal Reel Award\, and the Outfest 2002 Gay Pioneer Award for Courage and Artistry. \nHe has been honored by the Berlin\, Seattle\, Florida\, Asheville\, Santa Barbara\, Outfest\, Gay Orlando and Q2 Film Festivals\, profiled in the New York Times\, the Los Angeles Times\, the Advocate\, the Orlando Sentinel\, the Orlando Weekly\, the Miami Herald\, the Chicago Sun Times\, After Dark\, Daily Variety\, Esquire Magazine\, GQ\, the Village Voice\, Wikipedia\, Filmmakers Forum\, ABC 20/20\, NBC Today Show\, A&E Biography\, \nIn 2002\, Sandler was named by The Advocate as one of the most influential gay artists in America. \nSince 2003\, in addition to screenwriting\, Sandler has been on the faculty of the University of Central Florida\, where he teaches Feature/TV Writing and Film history in the Film Program of the Nicholson School of Communication and Media. \nOn June 23\, 2022\, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held a special 40th anniversary event screening of MAKING LOVE\, celebrating the film’s role in LGBTQ cinematic history and the positive impact it has had and continues to have for LGBTQ people around the world. The screening was followed by a panel discussion with Sandler. Scott Berg and Harry Hamlin on the film’s historical and cultural significance.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/crimes-of-passion/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program,Uncomfortable Brunch
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SUMMARY:An Evening with C. Thomas Howell featuring The Outsiders
DESCRIPTION:*Please note\, this event was rescheduled from September 5\, 2024. If you purchased a ticket to September 5\, it is valid for this event.* \nThe Outsiders with Ponyboy himself\, C. Thomas Howell.   Howell will join Enzian for this unique screening opportunity including a Q&A following the film. \nBased on S.E. Hinton’s best-selling classic novel and directed by Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Francis Ford Coppola\, The Outsiders focuses on the class struggles between two groups of Oklahoma teenagers during the 1960s. \nCapturing the intense feelings of being caught between childhood and adulthood\, and not belonging anywhere\, this 1983 film also served as a launching pad of talent\, featuring a slew of future box-office names before they were stars\, including Tom Cruise\, Diane Lane\, Matt Dillon\, Rob Lowe\, Patrick Swayze\, C. Thomas Howell\, Ralph Macchio and Emilio Estevez. \nAfter the Q/A\, stick around for some one-on-one time with Tommy. Get your memorabilia signed and/or take a selfie. All meet ‘n greets will require a separate ticket. \nTickets for the meet ‘n greet are available directly from Howell at www.tommyhowellmusic.com \nPlease note: Member discounts and table reservations are not available for this screening. All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges.\n  \n \nC. Thomas Howell \nThe son of a professional bull rider turned stuntman; C. Thomas Howell started working in the film industry at the young age of seven.  In 1981\, he was cast as ‘Tyler’ in Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster film E.T. The Extra Terrestrial.  Shortly thereafter\, he nabbed the lead in Francis Ford Coppola’s classic\, The Outsiders\, starring opposite the likes of Diane Lane\, Patrick Swayze\, Matt Dillon and Tom Cruise. The coming-of-age film went on to become a cult classic. Howell’s gripping performance as the tough\, yet vulnerable ‘Ponyboy Curtis’ made him a household name virtually overnight\, earning him a Young Artist Award. In 1984 he appeared in the commercially successful film Red Dawn\, the first movie to be released in the U.S. with a PG-13 rating. Howell joined stars such as Patrick Swayze\, Charlie Sheen\, Lea Thompson\, and Jennifer Grey in their depiction as members of a teenage guerilla warfare group\, known as the Wolverines\, during a WWIII invasion. \nEarmarked as one of the most promising young actors of his time\, Howell’s career skyrocketed with roles in films such as The Hitcher\, Grand View USA\, Secret Admirer and tv series such as Moonlighting and Two Marriages. just to name a few. He even worked alongside greats such as Elizabeth Taylor and Anne Margaret. Since then\, Howell\, with over 250 tv/film projects under his belt\, has been in consistent demand for the last thirty years\, appearing in favorites such as War of the Worlds\, The Amazing Spiderman\, Gettysburg\, Criminal Minds\, Southland\, Seal Team\, The Walking Dead\, and the upcoming Netflix release Obliterated.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/an-evening-with-c-thomas-howell-featuring-the-outsiders/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241110T120000
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SUMMARY:Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
DESCRIPTION:Featuring a live Zoom Q&A with Michael Rooker! \n4K Restoration! Freaky Fridays takeover! \nJohn McNaughton’s (WILD THINGS) infamous take on Henry Lee Lucas’ true crime story returns to theaters with a new 4K presentation that cements its reputation as one of the most harrowing\, original American films of all time. \nHenry (Michael Rooker\, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY) is a psychopathic drifter who has coldly murdered a number of people for no particular reason and without any remorse. Leaving scores of bodies in his wake\, Henry makes his way to Chicago and settles into the rundown apartment of his drug-dealing former prison friend Otis (Tom Towles\, HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES). Also moving into the space is Otis’s younger sister Becky (Tracy Arnold)\, who is fleeing from her abusive husband. Unbeknownst to Becky\, Henry continues to commit a series of random killings along with Otis\, who has quickly developed a taste for murder… \nOriginally premiering at the Chicago International Film Festival in September 1986\, the film had a long and controversial path to distribution. Saddled with the disreputable “X” rating for violence in 1989\, the film was finally released unrated in January 1990. Along with Peter Greenaway’s The Cook\, the Thief\, His Wife & Her Lover and Pedro Almodóvar’s Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!\, McNaughton’s notorious film is often-cited as the inspiration for the Motion Picture Association’s creation of the NC-17 rating. \n  \nIn September programmers Tim Anderson and Paige Babbage let the Uncomfortable Brunch team take over Freaky Fridays for a screening of Harmony Korine’s Trash Humpers in 35mm!  Now Josh and Kat are returning the favor and the Freaky Fridays team are bringing you this special screening of one of their favorite controversial masterpieces. \n  \nAbout Michael Rooker: \n \nBorn on April 6\, 1955\, in Jasper\, Alabama\, into a family of eight children\, Rooker lived in a house with a dirt floor and no indoor plumbing. As a young child\, he and a cousin would scour the ground to find bottle caps from RC Colas in order to exchange them for free admission to the local movie theater. Six bottle caps\, he once recalled\, were enough to get him a ticket. Rooker’s parents divorced when he was 12\, and the following year his mother moved with the children to Chicago\, where they lived in what Rooker describes as a rough neighborhood. Rooker has credited his hardscrabble upbringing with fostering his determination and fight to succeed as an actor. In high school\, he worked as a lifeguard at Chicago’s North Avenue Beach\, winning Rookie Lifeguard of the Year and saving some 10 people in one of his summers at the job. \nEncouraged by an instructor at Wright Junior College in Chicago to audition for admission to the prestigious Goodman School of Drama (now the Theater School of DePaul University)\, Rooker debated for two years on whether to try out and finally applied and was accepted. He graduated in 1982 and worked in the theater for several years thereafter. He later professed his love for film acting because it gave actors the chance to improvise and create\, as opposed to the rehearsed and technical nature of stage performing. He once equated film acting with being a jazz musician in its possibilities for personalizing a role. \nHis breakthrough role was the title role in John McNaughton’s low-budget cult film Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer\, which is based on the life of serial murderer Henry Lee Lucas. The film was shot in 1986 but was not released until 1990 because of continuing debate over its rating. Rooker received critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award for best actor in 1991 for the film. Footage from the unreleased film sent to director John Sayles led to Rooker being cast as one of the main characters in the 1988 baseball film Eight Men Out\, which was based on the game-fixing scandal of the Chicago White Sox in the 1919 World Series. Rooker has recounted the story of winning the role of Charles “Chick” Gandil by going to the town where the film was shooting\, knowing that Sayles had seen the footage of his performance in Henry\, and finagling his way into an audition. Despite getting into a shouting match with the casting director\, he still won the role. The film was critically acclaimed and widely popular at the box office\, and Rooker credits it with bringing him more opportunities\, including roles in some of the highest-grossing films of the late 1980s and the 1990s: Mississippi Burning\, Sea of Love\, Days of Thunder\, JFK\, Cliffhanger\, and Tombstone. He also appeared in Kevin Smith’s 1995 cult indie film Mallrats. \nIn addition to his film work\, Rooker has appeared on a number of popular television shows\, including Burn Notice\, Criminal Minds\, Law and Order\, and the 2006 miniseries Thief. Despite his more than 100 film and television acting credits\, however\, Rooker did not become a widely recognized figure until he was cast as Merle Dixon\, a racist southern drug addict\, in AMC’s The Walking Dead series about the zombie apocalypse. Merle Dixon and his brother Daryl struck a chord among devoted Walking Dead fans. Rooker has said that people responded to the character and the show because provided them a sense of relief and the belief that they live in a safer world. In 2011\, Merle Dixon’s popularity led Rooker to be hired as a character voice to play Merle in the Call of the Dead video game\, which is part of the Call of Duty series of games and centers on a zombie-infested future. \nRooker’s name recognition exploded internationally when he was cast as Yondu Udonta\, the blue-skinned leader of a band of space pirates in the blockbuster 2014 superhero film Guardians of the Galaxy\, one of the major installments in the Marvel Comics Cinematic Universe. He reprised his role in 2017 in Guardians of the Galaxy\, Volume 2\, and his character’s sympathetic turn and sacrificial death earned Rooker wide praise. He has continued to be a popular choice for fantasy and science fiction films\, appearing in 2019’s Brightburn and 2021’s The Suicide Squad. He also continues to appear in television and video game voice roles.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/henry-portrait-of-a-serial-killer/
CATEGORIES:Freaky Fridays,Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program,Uncomfortable Brunch
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SUMMARY:25 Years of Mission Hill with Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein
DESCRIPTION:Join Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein (writers\, producers\, and showrunners for The Simpsons\, Futurama\, and Disenchantment) as they celebrate the 25th anniversary of their cult classic animated series Mission Hill by presenting a new\, never-before-seen high-definition restoration of fan favorite episodes with the series original music! Select episodes screened followed by a Q&A with the creators plus trivia for prizes! \n***PLEASE NOTE:  Josh Weinstein will appear in person.  Due to unexpected travel issues\, Bill Oakley will be appearing virtually for the Q&A and Meet and Greet.*** \n  \nTICKETS \n·         General Admission             $25 \n·         Limited VIP                         $65* \n  \n*VIP Includes: Priority Seating\, Post Show Meet and Greet\, One Photo on Personal Device and One Item to Be Signed Per Person. \n  \n·         VIP Doors at 8:30 PM (Must be in line at that time to guarantee priority seating. \n·         GA Doors at 8:40 PM \n  \nProduced by ThisMyShow Presents\, follow us on IG: @ThisMyShowPresents \n  \nPlease note: No Member Discounts or Reservations can be made for this screening.\nAll Sales are Final.  No Refunds or Exchanges.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/25-years-of-mission-hill-with-bill-oakley-and-josh-weinstein/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240802T233000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240803T010000
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SUMMARY:Video Diary of a Lost Girl
DESCRIPTION:Meet the Filmmaker: Writer/director Lindsay Denniberg will be in attendance for a Q&A! \nThe feature film debut from writer-director (and University of Central Florida grads) Lindsay Denniberg and co-writer Chris Shields\, VIDEO DIARY OF A LOST GIRL is a hypercolored dreamland that combines a love for genre film history with a gorgeous handmade aesthetic. Louise (Pris McEver) works in a video store. But she’s also a demon. A descendent of biblical demon-mother Lilith\, Louise fulfills her predestined obligation to have sex with a man—and then kill him—every full moon. When she meets Charlie (Shields)\, a reincarnated partner from her past\, Louise struggles to not do what she does best. Meticulously crafted with the use of repurposed art materials and green screen\, VIDEO DIARY is a valentine to the VHS aesthetic and an exploration of personal themes via the guise of body horror. The movie was influenced by everything from LIQUID SKY to ROCKULA\, from HEATHERS to DEAD RINGERS\, resulting in an absurdist\, experimental horror-comedy that was years ahead of its time.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/video-diaries-of-a-lost-girl/
CATEGORIES:Freaky Fridays,Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240518T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240518T130000
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SUMMARY:The Cat Has Nine Lives
DESCRIPTION:Following the film\, Ula Stöckl will participate in a moderated discussion with filmmaker Rachel Braaten about her career. \nIn the summer of 1967\, journalist Katharina is visited in Munich by her French friend Anne. They take day trips and visit cafés\, acquaintances\, and parties. In a series of conversations between them and other women\, they talk about the chances for female emancipation in a male-dominated society. \nStöckl’s first feature film\, The Cat Has Nine Lives\, from 1968\, looks at the lives and friendships of four women (a fifth one is a fantasy of one of the characters) who yearn for freedom and appreciation yet find themselves disillusioned in their current situations. Katarina\, a journalist\, navigates the male-centric world of journalism; her French friend\, Anne\, is recently divorced and in limbo; Gabriele is a determined pop star; and last\, the nameless wife of the cheating Stefan is caught up in domestic responsibility. These characters examine the power relationships that have governed their lives and consider potential alternatives. Partially autobiographical\, The Cat Has Nine Lives is considered the first feminist film in Germany and is now a classic of Euro feminist cinema. Shot in widescreen Techniscope\, the film is a collage of color that blends existential narrative\, dream sequences\, and thematic montage. \nPreceded by \nUla \nDirected by Rachel Braaten \nUSA\, 2024\, 19 MIN \nUla looks at the life and career of German feminist filmmaker\, Ula Stöckl\, and the contributions she’s made to film as an art form and mode of social commentary; in it she discusses her themes\, process\, and struggles as a female director and member of the New German Cinema movement. \n \nUla Stöckl \nUla Stöckl is Germany’s first feminist filmmaker and the first woman to be accepted into film school in Germany at the Institute for Film at the Ulm School of Design. As a member of the New German Cinema movement\, she defied traditional film practices\, opting for avant-garde stories told from a woman’s perspective. As both writer and director of her films\, she became an auteur who sought to express the attitudes of women of her generation. Her works feature updated versions of female mythological figures who struggle with gender inequality and the hypocrisy and deception associated with it. These women long for independence and free expression\, as they push back against societal norms. \nBorn in Ulm\, Germany in 1938\, Stöckl’s childhood was fraught with the tragedy of war. When her father was called away to war\, her mother did what she could to care for and protect the family. The oldest of four children\, Stöckl was the only one to survive (her parents later had another child after the war). Her father\, an orchestral clarinetist by trade\, introduced her to the theater\, and due to his profession\, she was able to enjoy many theatrical performances during her adolescence and early adulthood. This sparked her desire to tell stories and become a filmmaker. \nStöckl has produced and directed over 20 films in her native Germany\, including Sleep of Reason\, which won Germany’s highest film prize in 1985. Her work has been shown at over 80 festivals around the world\, including Berlinale\, the Chicago International Film Festival\, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Four of her features have been shown in America with the sponsorship of the Goethe Institute. She has been on the selection committees for the Berlin Film Festival\, the Venice Film Festival\, the Women’s International Film Festival in Cologne\, and the Leipzig International Film Festival. Her films are shown in international retrospectives worldwide. She has taught film at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin and at Hollins University in Virginia. She has been a professor of film at the University of Central Florida since 2002. \nAbout Rachel Braaten \nRachel Braaten is a Film Studies and Humanities professor at Seminole State College of Florida. In addition to teaching\, she has worked on the production side of the film and television industries. Her recent documentary work involves the life and works of German feminist filmmaker\, Ula Stöckl. She has been a programmer for the Florida Film Festival\, serving on the international features and documentary film committees.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/the-cat-has-nine-lives/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program
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SUMMARY:Red Earth
DESCRIPTION:RED EARTH \n \nRed Earth imagines a world in the late Anthropocene\, where large parts of Earth have become inhospitable to life. The story follows three generations of Martians\, from the first colonists to the first expedition to return to an Earth decimated by interplanetary war. \n2023\, 66 minutes\, USA\, Directed by Georg Koszulinski\, Unrated \nPreceded by: \nNEW MEXICO DEATHWISH DIATRIBE \n \nThree narrators converge in the deserts of New Mexico\, each with a separate story to tell. One narrator is J. Robert Oppenheimer\, another is a visitor from outer space\, and the other is me. Our stories converge across the span of time and space into a single stream of consciousness. Diatribe is the 2nd film in the Anthropocene Cycle. \n2020\, 12 minutes\, USA\, Directed by Georg Koszulinski\, Unrated \n  \nJoin us after the screening for an in-person Q&A with filmmaker Georg Koszulinski \nGeorg Koszulinski’s work spans a wide range of forms and styles\, from feature-length fiction films and documentaries\, to experimental and personal essay films. Georg’s recent work engages issues of the Anthropocene and merges his interests in fiction & non-fiction storytelling. His Anthropocene Cycle films engage the climate crisis in its deep time/historical contexts while also imagining future worlds based on present trajectories. His award-winning works have been presented at hundreds of film festivals\, museums\, and microcinemas around the world. His feature documentaries\, White Ravens: A Legacy of Resistance and America is Waiting are available through Docurama. Many of his works are also available through Amazon Prime\, the Documentary Channel\, Fandor\, GuideDoc\, Proquest\, and the Journal of Short Film.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/red-earth/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker
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SUMMARY:Jeannette
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Meet the Filmmaker event! Includes extended\, in-person Q&A with subject Jeannette Feliciano and Director Maris Curran. \nJeannette is unlike any character we’ve seen depicted on screen before; she’s a competitive bodybuilder and a lesbian single mother who struggles to cope with trauma after surviving a mass shooting. \nThe film begins in the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub massacre and follows Jeannette as she recovers\, backslides and eventually finds support and healing through community. The film provides a window into Jeannette’s life—her strained relationship with her mother\, her identity as a lesbian and mother to her teenage son and her roots in Puerto Rico. \nTaking a vérité approach\, Maris works to create a window into one woman’s life—her strength and vulnerability—in the aftermath of trauma. JEANNETTE is a film about resilience that gives an audience the opportunity to move past the headlines and ask: in the wake of tragedy\, how do we move toward wholeness?
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/jeannette/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220831
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SUMMARY:The Last Out
DESCRIPTION:Rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes! \nCo-director Michael Gassert and subject Carlos Gonzalez will be in attendance for a post-film Q&A! \nAs a result of the U.S. embargo\, Cuban-national baseball players must establish residency elsewhere to have a shot at playing in the major leagues in the U.S. Happy\, Carlos\, and Baro are three Cuban-born players risking everything to achieve their dreams. A Cuban-American sports agent in Los Angeles supports the players\, paying for all of their training expenses\, in exchange for 20% of their signing bonuses if they make it onto a pro team. But a threat looms for the players. If it seems like the player will not make it to the big leagues\, they will find themselves cut loose and left alone with no way home in a strange country. The trials and tribulations of these three Cuban men’s journeys to get to the big leagues is beautifully presented in vivid\, intimate\, and frustrating detail in this Audience Award Winner for Best Film at the 2020 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. \nSPECIAL GUEST BIO: Carlos O. González \nFrom the small pueblo of Mayari in Holguin Province\, González was a formidable starting pitcher in the Serie Nacional for five years. Despite his relatively small stature for a pitcher (5’9”)\, Carlos dominated some of Cuba’s toughest hitters and pitched alongside New York Yankees’ fireballer Aroldis Chapman. In 2014\, Carlos was convinced to leave Cuba to sign with Cuban-American sports agent Gustavo Dominguez and his Top Ten Sports operation in Costa Rica. With little more than a promise from strangers\, Carlos took a chance on Gus and left for Costa Rica.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/the-last-out/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220705
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220706
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SUMMARY:18 1/2
DESCRIPTION:This is a special “Meet the Filmmaker” event that will include a post-film Zoom Q&A with Director/Writer Dan Mirvish and Writer/Producer Daniel Moya. \nIn 1974\, a White House transcriber finds the only copy of the infamous 18½-minute gap in Nixon’s Watergate tapes but her attempts to leak it to the press run afoul of hippies\, swingers and nefarious forces. 18½ is an award-winning thriller/comedy by director Dan Mirvish (Between Us\, Bernard and Huey\, Slamdance Film Festival Co-founder)\, is 100% on Rotten Tomatoes\, and has played in over 20 festivals around the world. \nFeaturing: \nWilla Fitzgerald (Reacher) \nJohn Magaro (First Cow) \nVondie Curtis Hall (Harriet) \nCatherine Curtin (Stranger Things) \nRichard Kind (Argo) \nSullivan Jones (The Gilded Age)  \n….and the voices of  \nTed Raimi (Spider-Man) \nJon Cryer (Two and a Half Men)  \nand Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead) as President Richard Nixon \n  \n 
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/18-1-2/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220131T230500
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SUMMARY:Scare Package
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special event screening and live Q&A with Scare Package creator Aaron B. Koontz\, star Jeremy King (“Rad Chad”)\, and producer Cameron Burns! \nIn this riotous anthology\, Chad Buckley is a lonely Horror aficionado\, spending his days overseeing a struggling video store and arguing with his only customer\, Sam. When an unsuspecting applicant arrives\, Chad sets out to teach him the rules of Horror; weaving in and out of hilarious segments geared toward the ropes and tropes of terror.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/scare-package/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210907T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210907T230000
DTSTAMP:20260530T215546
CREATED:20210729T140152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210825T153517Z
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SUMMARY:Feels Good Man
DESCRIPTION:Pepe the Frog creator Matt Furie and Director Arthur Jones will join us for a post-film Zoom Q&A! \nCertified Fresh with 95% on Rotten Tomatoes! \nIn November 2016\, a nasty election cycle had exposed a seismic cultural rift\, and the country suddenly felt like a much different place. For underground cartoonist Matt Furie\, that sensation was even more surreal. Furie’s comic creation Pepe the Frog\, conceived more than a decade earlier as a laid-back cartoon character\, had unwittingly become a grotesque political pawn. \nFEELS GOOD MAN is a Frankenstein-meets-Alice in Wonderland journey of an artist battling to regain control of his creation\, while confronting a disturbing cast of characters who have their own peculiar attachments to Pepe. Now\, as Pepe continues to morph around the world\, FEELS GOOD MAN offers a vivid\, moving portrait of one man\, one frog\, and the very strange reality we’ve all found ourselves living in.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/feels-good-man/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210830T213000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210830T230000
DTSTAMP:20260530T215546
CREATED:20210723T161446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210828T103659Z
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SUMMARY:Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over
DESCRIPTION:Lydia Lunch will be in attendance for a post-film Q&A with the audience! \nIn the late 1970s\, 16-year-old Lydia Koch fled the boredom of Rochester for the bankrupt sewer of New York City. Armed with a willingness to do whatever to survive\, she transformed herself into Lydia Lunch—punk rock provocateur and psycho-sexual transgressive fronting the art-noise band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks\, a cornerstone of NYC’s No Wave movement. That scene imploded\, but unlike her mostly forgotten male peers\, Lunch harnessed brutal self-expression as a way of life\, collaborating musically in dozens of iterations (8 Eyed Spy\, Sonic Youth\, and Big Sexy Noise) working in films\, authoring books\, and building a reputation as a fearless spoken word artist\, fighting for the rights of women to seek pleasure\, overthrow the patriarchy\, and say “Fuck You” as loudly as any man. Director and long-time confidant Beth B does a magnificent job organizing the madness\, capturing both the historical sleaze of NYC punk and the glorious power of Lunch onstage today. Hovering somewhere between dominatrix and rock goddess\, Lydia Lunch is her own greatest work of art\, a force of nature who will no doubt continue telling the truth as long as she can scream.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/lydia-lunch-the-war-is-never-over/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Special Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200112T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200112T143000
DTSTAMP:20260530T215546
CREATED:20191017T164125Z
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SUMMARY:The Bit Player
DESCRIPTION:This screening is in partnership with Orlando Science Center as a community event for the Otronicon tech expo\, which is held January 17-20\, 2020 at OSC. \nCome early for the Otronicon Tech Brunch at 11AM\, where the Orlando Science Center will be having some science demonstrations and you can enjoy coffee and light pastries while supplies last! Then\, stick around after the film for a conversation discussing Claude Shannon’s legacy and the impact of his work with film director Mark A. Levinson\, research scientist Elaine Raybourn of Sandia National Laboratories\, and Dr. Azadeh Vosoughi from the University of Central Florida College of Engineering and Computer Science. \n11AM-12PM: Tech Brunch and Science Demos\n12-1:30PM: Film Presentation of The Bit Player\n1:30-2PM: Discussion on Claude Shannon’s legacy and the impact of his work \nThe Bit Player:\nIn a blockbuster paper in 1948\, Claude Shannon introduced the world to the “bit” and laid the foundation for the information age. The impact would be incredibly far reaching\, influencing such diverse fields as communication\, linguistics\, genetics\, computing\, cryptography\, neuroscience\, artificial intelligence and cosmology. Shannon also constructed a mathematical theory of juggling\, rode unicycles\, wrote the first paper on computer chess and built a flaming trumpet! The Bit Player\, directed by Mark Levinson (Particle Fever)\, combines interviews with leading scientists\, archival film\, inventive animation and compelling commentary from Shannon himself to tell the story of an overlooked genius who revolutionized the world\, but never lost his childlike curiosity.
URL:https://dev.enzian.org/film/the-bit-player/
CATEGORIES:Meet the Filmmaker,Science on Screen,Special Program
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